Texas is known for many things. Among those things is how multicultural the state is, even if many in the state don’t necessarily know it. Though most famous for speaking both English and Spanish, the languages of Texas are far more diverse than that.

Indeed, Texas is home to speakers of some of the most spoken languages on the planet. But it’s also home to endangered languages that only have a few thousand speakers at best and may not survive to the end of our lifetimes…

Official Languages of Texas

Much like the US itself, the Constitution of Texas doesn’t any official language(s) of the state. However, in reality, the state has three official languages thanks to subsequent legislation:

English

Spanish

German

Native American Languages of Texas

However, these languages are not indigenous to Texas – they’ve arrived in the state due to immigration of some form or another.

Though their numbers have declined considerably over the last 175 years or so (since Texas became a state), there are several Native American Languages spoken across the state.

Caddo

Comanche

Shoshoni

Koasati

Immigrant Languages of Texas

Since being admitted to the Union in 1845, Texas has become a popular destination for non-English, Spanish and German-speaking immigrants, who have often brought their language with them en masse:

Vietnamese

Chinese

Hindi

Tagalog

Korean

Czech

Norwegian

Kurdish

Polish

French

What do you think about the languages of Texas? Do you speak any of them (besides English of course)? Tell me in the comments!